Hi everyone! I am back from Berlin, Germany! It’s been a busy few months but I wanted to give you an update on what I’ve been up to for the “Microsoft Ignite: The Tour” and even demo a quick preview of what you’ll be able to see on future stops. In this blog post you’ll Read More »

I am back with another video tutorial on using Azure’s multi-model database service, Cosmos DB. Azure Cosmos DB was built from the ground up with global distribution and horizontal scale at its core. It offers turnkey global distribution across any number of Azure regions by transparently scaling and replicating your data wherever your users are. Read More »

Today we’ll be reviewing how to add additional storage to your Microsoft Azure Linux VM. This tutorial will review running a MySQL database server on a an Azure VM and increasing the amount of storage available to you. There are many options on where you may want to host a database, but today we’ll focus Read More »

Sometime in the early 2000s I worked for a company that provided datacenter colocation and managed server hosting. One evening about 3000 servers hosted in a small datacenter outside of Central NJ provided me with a really amazing lesson. During a Saturday evening, just before midnight the local utility power to the datacenter was knocked Read More »

On Friday, September 28, 2018 I attended Chaos Conf 2018 at the Alamo Draft House in the Mission section of San Francisco. This was Gremlin’s first conference and it was a tremendous success. A sold out 350 attendees took part In discussions surrounding the emerging field of chaos engineering. The profile of the attendees were Read More »

Hey everyone, I’m back with a new tutorial on using Microsoft Azure along with ARM Templates. In this video I show you how to deploy a template from a previously created VM. We’ll modify the parameters so you can quickly spin up additional VMs without using any additional software. Here are some reference Read More »

Good morning… FRIDAY! Today I start my morning off with reminding you about the Azure Status page, talk about Linux code of conduct and remind you about Microsoft Ignite! If you’re looking to chat more, reach out on Twitter!

Microsoft Azure provides you with many pre-configured solutions to assist with your daily operational tasks in your IT environment. One of the best options for deploying systems quickly to Azure is using Chef Automate. Chef Automate is a point and click solution you can create within the Azure portal to assist you to Read More »

Check out the latest product from Microsoft Azure, Azure DevOps for your CI/CD process. Check out Azure DevOps to provide you with FREE CI/CD testing for open source projects. I went to the Azure Pipelines offering on the GitHub marketplace, connected my account for free, then added a repository! Here’s a brief look Read More »

Azure has a hosted MySQL service that allows you to offload the operational overhead of your database. By providing you with management for: High Availability Pay-as-you-go pricing Elastic scale Security, including encryption Point-in-time restores You can check out all the features on the Azure website to get a complete listing of all the services that Read More »